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6 months on, Punjab EWS housing project stuck in bureaucratic maze

CHANDIGARH, Oct. 11 -- Punjab's long-delayed economically weaker sections (EWS) housing project remains stuck in a bureaucratic maze, with the housing and urban development department yet to appoint a... Read More


Punjab extends exemption for units in non-conforming zones

CHANDIGARH, Oct. 10 -- In a major relief to nearly 20,000 existing industrial units operating in non-conforming zones across Punjab, the state government has extended their exemption from the provisio... Read More


After ED searches: GMADA treads cautiously,puts projects, auctions on hold

CHANDIGARH, Oct. 9 -- The Enforcement Directorate's three-day search at the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) last month has put Punjab's housing and urban development department on th... Read More


Cong faces unity test as Pargat, Pilot start poll campaign from Amritsar today

CHANDIGARH, Oct. 8 -- The Punjab Congress will face an early test of its efforts to overcome factionalism when newly appointed president Pargat Singh and All India Congress Committee general secretary... Read More


Amritsar MC commissioner fined rRs.r10,000 over building plan delays

CHANDIGARH, Oct. 1 -- The Punjab Transparency and Accountability Commission (PTAC) has imposed a Rs.10,000 penalty on Amritsar municipal corporation commissioner Bikramjeet Singh Shergill for the exce... Read More


Forged e-visas to London: Punjab Police set ball rolling to extradite 14 passengers from UK

CHANDIGARH, Sept. 30 -- The Bureau of Investigation (BOI), a wing of the Punjab Police, has initiated the process to bring back 14 Punjab residents from the United Kingdom (UK) in connection with a su... Read More


NGT heat on Bathinda waste facility: PPCB seeks penal action against MC, firm; rRs.r85 lakh compensation still unpaid

CHANDIGARH, Sept. 27 -- The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has sought penal action against the Bathinda municipal corporation and its waste-processing concessionaire, JITF Urban Waste Managemen... Read More


Sericulture push: After Pathankot, Hoshiarpur's Kandi gets ready to weave a new silk story

CHANDIGARH, Sept. 15 -- With demand for silk products rising, the Punjab forest department has expanded its sericulture initiative to Hoshiarpur after Pathankot, launching a project in the Dasuya fore... Read More


Free ride, empty coffers: PRTC reels under rRs.r284-cr cash crunch

CHANDIGARH, Sept. 2 -- The Punjab government's free women travel scheme has left the PEPSU Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) facing a severe cash crunch, with the state-owned undertaking spending arou... Read More


Can't penalise NHAI for felling trees on land acquired by it: Punjab to NGT

CHANDIGARH, Aug. 28 -- The Punjab forest department has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it has no jurisdiction to regulate or penalise the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for c... Read More